San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-12-14
APROHIBITIONIST ON HOCC.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. IA
Daily LIGHT.

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. IA.
Daily LIGHT.
From "prohbition" standpoint, q
voted for "prohibItiOn" and yet believe
| 1t would have been a good law | would
like TO make fe W remarks on Attorney
| General Hogg's position on the San An
tonic "Sunday law" question. ! care
not to touch upon the merits or demer
| its or the law itself, or the constitution
ality OF the same, but propose TO tax,
Acknowledgement HUgg's language,
used to the officials. upon his re, eui
visit TO this city, and in conclusion ash
him a pertinent question The fihg7ant
violation OF the sunday law by SAL
Antonio bsr-keepers, Is disgrace TO thr
state, and il calculated TO bring odIUm
upon the administration and II must be
enforced, etc" The above sentence. L.
suing from the honorable gentleman,
-maUks little, 1t appears to me, OF thar
dangerous analogy, that eternaIly. II
seems, accompanies great minds, Ike
Attorney General HOgg's, that is com
monty called, by the vulgar, eg"tism
or course, from Atty. Gen. Hogg'r
point OF view, the outside world Is lock
ing to himself and i =. Ross for th'
good morals of every man, woman AUu
Dutchman" should happen TO take one
glass too much OF fOaming lager, at
schools garden. on Sunday, and slag u
Dutch song" public morals are on the
waue in San Antonio (;) and the great
attorney general OF the state (HOg % &.
IA to blame for it. fail TO zee, /. uugh !
do not drink much mys,If,
now the "Dntch.' drinking bevr
down In Schools garden, on sun
Jay can interfere with anyone else "T
''disgrace the state" | SNOW il uOes
not disturb me at DR.. Chappelrs church,
where ] often attend Sabbath evening"
[ am not writing this In the interest OF
Dutch bar-keepers ! Am not "DutCh'
myself. have never eaten "snuer krAui,'
and the only Dutch" can utter is"NIX-
come arouse" aud wig gates" but AN
irving, in my feeble way, to convince
the great o. attorney general Of the
state that only himself and Il few other
religious and "COId wSler CraUko' ar
dong the "kickng." All Others seem
Satisfied, and since last August have
''acOe pied the situation gracefully. !
wish 10 PROFOUND q COnundfum to the
outside world mot to the attorney gen
rral, Tor | have n better "OhesInUt' held
in reserve for him, )and hope they Will
reflect serIO lsly over IL before answer
ing Ills this: Which has disgraced
Texas mOst-the offensive German
American, sitting down quietly on sun
day In SchOlZ'- or any other garden, sip
| ping u glass of beer and listening to de-
liciOus strains of musiC, or the iudlsCrim-
mate murder Of servant girls In Austin
and the cuIprits remaining unpublished,
and defaulting tressurers. etc through.
out the state stealing public moneys and
| getting clear on the plea of "insanity'
and other techniCalities of the Law? Do
these things bring any disgrace upon
| the administratiOn?' Did the sup
preston of free speech " 10y
| the immortal twentieth bring
| any disgrace on the State Of Texas:
| Outside " Orld. please be candid, for VT
really wish to know how you regard
US.
Now, Mr.. Attorney General. the "per-
| tinent question" is this. WHAT has be-
come OF the law passed by the ION leg
islature requiring all railroads In the
state of Texas. to keep and maintain
their general Offices within the limits Of
the state, and upon failure so to do, fix
ing the penalty at $1,000 fine for esCh
and every day the law was d sUbcyed
The charters granted TO the several
Railway Companies, the right TO build
roads, require that the general office
of the company shall be at such and
such n place named therein Yet the
general office OF nearly every mile of
road in the state, lie either at st LOuis
or New Orleans. The people OF Texas
gave away millions OF acres OF land TO
encourage and foster these same roads
and one Of the restrictions placed upon
the beniticisries Of this rich subsidy,
was, that they should keep their general
offices In the state, but every one knows
the Flaw" is dead letter." and that
the attorney general has rot time to en-.
force IL, because he Is kept so busy go.
ing over TO San Antonio lat the states
expense) TO keep the "Dutch from drink
ing beer on Sunday" Keep quiet, broth.
er "attOrney general of the state" or
the people may think there is "sOme-
thing dead up the creek" The people
OF San Antonio wont bother any
| one else, We are all happy
and Gontented Some of US gotO church
aud some of us drink beer on sundays,
and vet some of US do both. The latter,
| however, are in a hopeless minority,
and should any Of us indulge in beer.
we eat "ssuer- kEaut" or ''limbpTger" to
kill the smell before going to church.
Please let us hear from You Mr.. AttOr-
ney General with "QuO warrantO''
! about the railroad law and We will send
you either keg Of our best beer, OF q
dead servant girl, which ever you pre-
fer, by return mail. Yours truly.
ALAMO GERONIMO